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As you may imagine, we're pretty proud of what we've accomplished in the
development of PowerGrid. We've examined PowerGrid's top four competitors
and rated each on six key features that we think are essential to a good data grid.
If you think we've left something important out, please
contact us directly
so we can include it.
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| Product |
Total Score |
 PowerGrid |
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 Infragistics |
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 ComponentArt |
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 Telerik |
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 Obout |
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 Grid Size |
| Product |
Comments |
Score |
| PowerGrid |
85 KB. Half the size of the smallest competitor. 1/10 the size of the largest competitor. |
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| ComponentArt |
333 KB. Large. |
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| Infragistics |
873 KB. Huge! Nearly a megabyte. |
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| Telerik |
200 KB. Moderate. |
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| Obout |
174 KB. Moderate. |
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Mouse Selection |
| Product |
Comments |
Score |
| PowerGrid |
Three customized modes for mouse selection / dragging. |
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| ComponentArt |
No support for dragging or multi-select. |
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| Infragistics |
Good support, but somewhat slow. |
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| Telerik |
Dragging is unintuitive. |
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| Obout |
Only one mode, and unintuitive dragging. |
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Checkbox Selection |
| Product |
Comments |
Score |
| PowerGrid |
PowerGrid supports both checkboxes and radio buttons. |
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| ComponentArt |
Only supports checkboxes, and they are not linked to the current selection. |
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| Infragistics |
Only supports checkboxes. |
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| Telerik |
Only supports checkboxes. |
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| Obout |
No support. Checkboxes must be added manually. |
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Visual Styling |
| Product |
Comments |
Score |
| PowerGrid |
100% encapsulated and customizable styling. Predefined templates are included and can also be modified to fit your design. |
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| ComponentArt |
Multiple limitations on what aspects of the grid may be styled. |
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| Infragistics |
Styles appear sketchy. |
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| Telerik |
Encapsulated and customizable styling. |
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| Obout |
Styles are not encapsulated. |
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Client-side Column Reordering |
| Product |
Comments |
Score |
| PowerGrid |
Reordering is smooth and intuitive. |
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| ComponentArt |
Jerky and unintuitive (header can be dragged vertically). |
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| Infragistics |
Unintuitive (header can be dragged vertically). |
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| Telerik |
Extremely poor reordering. Cannot click on the caption to begin reordering. Unintuitive (header can be dragged vertically). |
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| Obout |
Column reordering is not supported at all. |
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Client-side Column Resizing |
| Product |
Comments |
Score |
| PowerGrid |
Resizing is smooth and intuitive. |
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| ComponentArt |
Resizing is smooth and intuitive. |
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| Infragistics |
Jerky when dragging over text. |
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| Telerik |
Extremely poor resizing. Dragging back and forth causes the grid to collapse. |
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| Obout |
Resizing is smooth and intuitive. |
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